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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 211324" data-attributes="member: 13090">What you have, what you're buying... It all runs together. I blame the liquor.Since you already have the 18-55 I'm going suggest you invest in the 35mm f/1.8G lens. While there's nothing wrong with the current 18-55mm, the one with VR, there's really nothing extraordinary about it either. The 35mm 1.8 is faster, sharper and gives better contrast.My personal opinion is that a good normal lens and one moderate zoom is capable of covering probably +95% of what most people shoot. If you do wildlife, or some other specialized type of shooting that regularly demands it, I can see the need for a big zoom (+200mm) but otherwise one wide angle (~18mm or so), a fast prime (35mm, 50mm 1.8) and a medium zoom (55-200mm, 70-300mm) will get the job done with a minimum of fuss and expense. At some point you have to stop asking, &quot;What lens do I need to get the shot I want?&quot; and start asking yourself &quot;How do I get the shot I want using the lens I have?&quot;..... </blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 211324, member: 13090"] What you have, what you're buying... It all runs together. I blame the liquor. Since you already [I]have[/I] the 18-55 I'm going suggest you [I]invest[/I] in the 35mm f/1.8G lens. While there's nothing wrong with the current 18-55mm, the one with VR, there's really nothing extraordinary about it either. The 35mm 1.8 is faster, sharper and gives better contrast. My personal opinion is that a good normal lens and one moderate zoom is capable of covering probably +95% of what most people shoot. If you do wildlife, or some other specialized type of shooting that regularly demands it, I can see the need for a big zoom (+200mm) but otherwise one wide angle (~18mm or so), a fast prime (35mm, 50mm 1.8) and a medium zoom (55-200mm, 70-300mm) will get the job done with a minimum of fuss and expense. At some point you have to stop asking, "What lens do I need to get the shot I want?" and start asking yourself "How do I get the shot I want using the lens I have?" [COLOR="#FFFFFF"]..... [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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